IDNO

P.9377.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Canoe (A. C. H. sketching), Mawatta.

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Western Province; near Fly River Estuary; Mawata [British New Guinea; Western Division; Mawatta]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Alfred Cort Haddon

Photographer

Haddon, Kathleen (later Rishbeth)

Collector / Expedition

Haddon, Alfred Cort and Haddon, Kathleen (later Rishbeth) [Expedition to New Guinea, 16 September - 20 November 1914]

Date

circa 24 September 1914

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon CollectionKathleen Haddon Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Related Archive: In a taped interview with Mrs Rishbeth (née Kathleen Haddon) (archive reference as above) she said:
“I went with him [Haddon] to collect string figures and to be his photographer.”

Related Archive: In Kathleen Haddon's unpublished manuscript 'An English Girl in New Guinea', 1914, pp. 25-26 is the following extract:
“As my father was making a special study of canoes, we went out into the village and made notes on those that we saw and photographed them. Mawatta is situated at the mouth of the river, so the people need two sorts, for river and sea work respectively. The river canoes are simply hollowed-out logs and are very wobbly concerns; but the sea-going craft are much more solidly built and are steadied by having an outrigger on either side. The outriggers consist of two transverse booms and a heavy float, which lies in the water and is attached to the ends of the booms by means of several small sticks, but the method of attachment varies considerably in different localities." [JD 10/10/2014]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program One. [Alex Nadin, 8/7/2003]